50/50/50

In celebration of its 50th Anniversary, the Chicago Architecture Foundation invited UrbanLab to curate an exhibition in their Michigan Avenue gallery. UrbanLab invited 50 of the city’s top architecture and design firms to develop 50 transformative proposals aimed at improving the quality of life for residents in each of Chicago’s 50 wards. Seeking inspiration and answers about how Chicago might grow, enhance and improve present conditions, the designers studied all elements of the city—streets, bridges, buildings, waterways, vacant lots and everything in between.